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BARBADOS TODAY: Trade unions representing LIAT workers across the Caribbean will meet virtually next week to examine an offer which hundreds of terminated employees of the Antigua-based airline have been given until yearend to accept.<\/p>

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President of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers\u2019 Union (ABWU) David Massiah said on Wednesday that during that Zoom meeting, each union will make its submission on the \u201ccompassionate\u201d pay offer from the government of the twin-island nation.<\/p>\n

The Gaston Browne administration has proposed to pay 50 per cent of the outstanding severance \u2013 in cash, bonds and\/or land \u2013 owed to pilots, flight attendants, engineers and other employees from Barbados and other regional countries who were sent home in April 2020, and has given them a month to respond to the offer.<\/p>

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\u201cThere will be a meeting of all the unions in a couple of days where we will be discussing the situation,\u201d Massiah told\u00a0Barbados TODAY<\/b>. \u201cI will be leading that discussion \u2026 so that we can make a decision as regards to the deadline that was issued by the government of Antigua.\u201d<\/p>

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Massiah said unions will be notified early next week of the meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to notify everybody to make sure everybody is onboard,\u201d the ABWU president added.<\/p>

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On Tuesday, Antigua\u2019s Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Lennox Weston served notice that the government will withdraw its offer to the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) and all other former employees at the turn of the New Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to keep it on the table until the New Year and then we are going to move on,\u201d Weston said.<\/p>

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After that, he said, LIAT 1974 Limited, which is currently in administration, could be wound up and LIAT 2020 launched.<\/p>

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\u201cAnd then they will just follow the law\u2026. They should just follow the law and wind up the company and the accountants will do their calculation, the benefits will then go to the workers and employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offer is very simple. We are paying 50 per cent of their severance package and they need to sign off for that as final payment. If not, they can then do what all people do in a bankrupt company \u2013 the company is wound up, the assets are sold, the net assets are then divided according to the law, with the ranking of individuals\u2026spread out among all the beneficiaries,\u201d Weston added.<\/p>\n

He contended that while the workers have a right to refuse the government\u2019s offer, any benefits derived from a liquidated company would be less than the existing offer.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey may think otherwise; they have thought so and they have rejected the offer. LIALPA went by themselves and they were given the same answer. We have not heard any difference from them, other than they rejected the offer so far,\u201d Weston said.<\/p>\n

LIALPA Chairman Patterson Thompson was adamant that the offer first put on the table by Prime Minister Browne was not feasible. Browne, meantime, has said the proposal is non-negotiable.<\/p>\n

In an open letter to the Antiguan Prime Minister, dated December 1, 2021, Thompson said the pilots continue to express gratitude for the correspondence dated November 20, 2021, which identifies a modified version of the September 3, 2021 concept to pay all terminated and soon-to-be terminated employees.<\/p>\n

This, he said, is the only concept, to date, that offers some financial relief to all staff members.<\/p>\n

However, the LIALPA leader recorded the union\u2019s disappointment that the Prime Minister\u2019s \u201ccaring\u201d Cabinet was not convinced by him to award the workers 50 per cent of all entitlements, including vacation pay, and not just the severance payment.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou stated that you understood the gravity of the situation and you stood by your word. It is also very unfortunate that you have closed the door to further discussions on the issue,\u201d Thompson lamented.<\/p>\n

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He complained that LIALPA had trouble deciphering several aspects of the offer and therefore needed some questions answered. These include when the 30 per cent cash will be available, how these funds will be disbursed, the location of the plots of land, whether the lands were developed or undeveloped, and the value, per square foot, of the land on offer.<\/p>\n

Thompson said if the situation is not settled soon, each former employee may have to make an individual decision on whether they will accept the offer.<\/p>\n

In a letter dated November 19, 2021, addressed to Thompson from Cabinet Secretary Konata Lee, the Antigua and Barbuda government broke down the initial offer and included a new payout cash proposal from the sale of LIAT chattel assets, excluding the aircraft which are owned by the Caribbean Development Bank.<\/p>\n

The compassionate payment would be either in cash, bonds or land or a combination thereof, wherever possible. The bonds would be issued for a term of 10-years at a rate of two per cent.<\/p>\n

It added that where lands form part of the offer, Cabinet will waive the non-citizen landholding licence for employees who are not citizens of the country.<\/p>\n

The Browne administration has also agreed to waive the stamp duty on the transfer of lands from the Crown to any former LIAT employee, as a part of the \u201ccompassionate\u201d payment agreement.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, and in lieu of accepting the preceding offer, a former LIAT employee may opt for a scholarship in any field of study, capped at the value of the employee\u2019s severance, offered by the University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus. That scholarship would be transferrable at the request of a former employee, to his\/her children or agreed family member, in the event the employee decides not to take the scholarship himself\/herself.<\/p>\n

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